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Investigating january 6th is faces more subpoena issues. this time for forder advisor michael flynn. he filed a lawsuit saying it violates his constitutional rights. flynns lawsuit comes just as congressman scott perry says he will not meet with the panel. joining us now is pete williams and sahil kapur. do you consider this a serious issue or a delay tactic? >> this is an attempt to delay this until after the midterms. they say it is too broad, it covers his political views and manners that cou...

Because we heard so much frustration from the committee about the dojs failure to follow through on subpoena issues. the question is that doj just being slow, not in a negative sense, but porcelain through these important issues. the doj does not make a decision to enforce these are not. there will be future subpoenas issued to future members and future warehouses and future executive branch employees. the doj has to be methodical and careful to make sure it uses rigorous standards and careful a...

I do not have vision into the decision-making process at doj. but it does seem that stories about the dojs expanding the scope of this investigation, if not directly in response to this frustrations, there does seem to be a dialogue about these two bodies that are investigating the same event, how do you see it? >> it is a fascinating question, because we heard so much frustration from the committee about the dojs failure to follow through on subpoena issues. the question is that doj just being ...

Thats one reason congress executed it in the first place, and we simply have to be able to enforce our own subpoenas, and not rely on the federal courts to take years and years, in some cases to decide the subpoena issues. >> congressman swalwell, what were learning in what has been revealed already from what mark meadows handed over is he obviously was using personal cell phones and personal e-mail accounts while working in the white house and using those personal account for governing communic...

We got one party now, which is committed to democracy and the constitution. thats the democratic party. now you got a political party which is operating outside of the constitutional order, which is constantly attacking our electoral processes, our constitutional systems, our bill of rights. and so i dont know if were at the level of a constitutional crisis, but were at a severe political crisis because donald trump has basically hijacked the entire republican party and theyre busily trying to g...

>> it comes from an unwillingness for donald trump to allow people who know more about this issue to testify and preventing them -- the only reason you have to go to court is -- the only reason you would have to go to court is if the administration refuses to cooperate. if the administration obstructs congress. thats why they -- >> thats not wrong. youre not a lawyer, and you dont understand this process. >> for you to suggest they ought to go to court -- >> thats not right let me give you a lit...

>> i believe that robert mueller who i have so much respect for, i wish he would have taken it to the supreme court on whether a president had to respond to a subpoena to appear as a witness. because i know the supreme court would have ruled that he would have. and -- >> i think youre right. >> -- the same thing with these article one challenges where the president of the united states is just eviscerating any oversight power by ignoring all these subpoenas. i wish they would just sit and wait, ...

And the district court only hears about 70. the odds are they may yet hear some cases involving the presidents claim of he doesnt want to produce his tax returns, subpoena issues. i think its likely they will take some case but any individual case the odds are always against the supreme court granting review. >> i want to go to manu. >> it was jerrys commission that issued the subpoena for don mcgahn to testify and led to the court ruling just now and what nadler says in his statement, hes prais...

Joe biden looks like he could be the nominee of his. they each have very different views. for example, of the economy. joe biden was saying its kind of flapping out. what do you through? >> yeah, joe biden said a couple weeks ago -- this is embarrassing for president. they said we would have the second great december if he was president. now we have the greatest economy ever. so joe biden came up with applausable explanation. he said this is something that this strong -- this is something that d...

>> well, thats a point i want to raise right now. lets take a look at this new poll that came out which got me thinking about this. whats the more important issue for americans? scandals, talking about the things were talking about, benghazi, irs, or the economy? a new quinnipiac poll just came out. it asked, which should be the higher priority for the united states congress? investigating the irs, which darrell issa does every minute. benghazi and the "ap" subpoena issues? lets take a look at t...